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The Bureau of Customs opens its public auction of seized luxury cars owned by contractors Curlee and Sarah Discaya, who were implicated in the alleged anomalous flood control projects, at the BOC headquarters in Manila in November 2025. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File

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SEIZED DISCAYA LUXURY VEHICLES

Andrea Taguines

ABS-CBN News

MANILA (UPDATE) — The Bureau of Customs turned over Tuesday some P100 million in auction proceeds from the Discaya-owned vehicles to the Bureau of the Treasury.Nine out of 13 luxury cars seized from the controversial flood control contractors Sarah and Curlee Discaya had been sold. <div><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FabscbnNEWS%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0uaYpnPZr1frkGwb94Z9QJRGXZpr6oHguPLWmCZkUcXocwP1F346bauMmcSTNYLTGl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500" width="500" height="549" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>Investigations earlier showed that the luxury vehicles were unlawfully imported into the Philippines as some of the documents were processed from the Port of Davao, but the actual units were shipped via the Batangas Port.These include the 2023 Rolls-Royce Cullinan made infamous by the Discaya matriarch’s statement that she only bought it because she liked the free umbrella that came with it, a 2022 Mercedes Benz G63 AMG, a 2019 Mercedes Benz G500 Brabus, a 2021 Lincoln Navigator L, a 2023 Toyota Sequoia, a 2022 Cadillac Escalade ESV, and a 2022 Bentley Bentayga.The four remaining Discaya-linked cars, along with 20 other vehicles seized from previous BOC operations against Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO), are set to be auctioned off in the coming weeks. “Ang gagawin namin, every 2 weeks yung aming target, para maubos na rin itong mga sasakyan. Baka makalikom pa tayo ng mahigit P700 million pa, malaki yun, makakatulong yun sa ating bansa,” said Customs Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno.Treasury said the symbolic turnover marks more than a transfer of funds. &quot;It represents a victory for the rule of law. Through the disposition of these forfeited assets, resources once tied to illegal disputes are now converted into public funds that will directly support national priorities,” said Treasury Complaints and Investigation Division OIC Jerekko Cadorna.Nepomuceno said the continued public auction of smuggled luxury vehicles forfeited from those involved in the flood control corruption scandal is one way the government can raise funds instead of suspending the excise taxes and VAT on fuel.

The Bureau of Customs turned over Tuesday some P100 million in auction proceeds from the Discaya-owned vehicles to the Bureau of the Treasury.

The Bureau of Customs turned over Tuesday some P100 million in auction proceeds from the Discaya-owned vehicles to the Bureau of the Treasury.

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Customs turns over P100-million auction proceeds from Discaya vehicles

Andrea Taguines,

ABS-CBN News

Published March 10, 2026 11:29 AM PHT

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Updated March 10, 2026 03:02 PM PHT

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